I have a workbook that contains 14 sheets. I have a sheet for each month
followed by 2 sheets for information.

Each Month sheet has the following column headings associated from columns A
through J:-

Owner; from date; number of days; to date, address, ID, month, input by;
date; time.

I have to input data in columns A, B, C E, H, I and J.

Columns A and H are pick lists.

The following VBA is present to allow automatic population of columns I and J.
Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)

Application.EnableEvents = False
On Error GoTo ws_exit
With Target
If .Column = 8 Then
With .Offset(0, 1)
.Value = Date
.NumberFormat = "dd mmm yy"
End With
With .Offset(0, 2)
.Value = Now
.NumberFormat = "hh:mm AM/PM"
End With
End If
End With

ws_exit:
Application.EnableEvents = True

End Sub

To allow tabbing to the next cell I have locked cells that don't require
input and then protected the sheet (i.e. Columns D, F, G, I and J).

The problem I have is that once an item is picked up from the drop down to
populate column H, then only the date is populated.

If I unprotect the sheet and select an item from the drop down list in
column H then both the date and time are populated.

Is there any way that I can have columns I and J un-locked (to allow date
and time to be populated by the VBA) and when I tab from column H it
automatically takes me to the next row and in column A?

Any help would be most appreciated.